Ipswich Town secure immediate return to Premier League with QPR thrashing
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Chelsea seek to turn corner after 7-0 FA Cup thrashing of Port Vale
LONDON, April 4 : Chelsea are hoping that Saturday’s 7-0 thrashing of lowly Port Vale in an FA Cup quarter-final draws a line under a dismal run of form and internal upheaval that has threatened to ruin the season of the big-spending Londoners. The build-up to the tie had been dominated by Chelsea coach Liam Rosenior’s announcement on Friday that club vice captain and record signing Enzo Fernandez would be suspended for two games after suggesting he might leave. Chelsea have been enveloped in a sense of crisis since their 8-2 aggregate drubbing in the Champions League by European champions Paris St Germain and domestic league defeats to Newcastle United and Everton over a fraught 10 days in March. So Saturday’s goal bonanza – albeit against a struggling Port Vale side who look certain to be relegated to the fourth tier of English football soon – at least managed to restore some smiles to the faces of Chelsea’s players and fans. “When you go through a difficult moment that we did in that 10-day period, …
Wales boss Steve Tandy calls for unity after Six Nations thrashing by France
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Bayern open six-point lead with five-goal thrashing of Hoffenheim
MUNICH, Feb 8 : Bayern Munich’s Luis Diaz scored a hat-trick and Harry Kane grabbed a double in a comprehensive 5-1 win over 10-man Hoffenheim on Sunday to ensure the reigning champions restored a six-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga. Kane’s two goals came from first-half penalties, while Diaz added the next three goals to see Bayern advance to 54 points from 21 games, well clear of second-placed Borussia Dortmund who won 2-1 at VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday. Hoffenheim had Kevin Akpoguma sent off for a 17th-minute foul that allowed Kane to open the scoring from the spot but they equalised through Andrej Kramaric before Bayern took control and imposed themselves on the under-strength visitors. Hoffenheim stay in third spot on 42 points as their run of five successive Bundesliga wins came to an end. Akpoguma was sent off for tugging down Diaz as the Colombian winger burst into the Hoffenheim area and Kane tucked away the resultant kick in the 20th minute. Despite the numerical disadvantage, Hoffenheim responded with an attacking approach …